Preps Daily: Friday, Jan. 29, 2016

62K

Morton’s fourth-annual Gameball Run fundraiser brought in $62,180.49 this year, an increase of more than $11,000 from 2015.
In the four years, the Morton school districts have raised more than $162,000, all of which goes to Children’s Hospital of Illinois.
The amount was announced Friday night before Morton faces Metamora in a Mid-Illini boys basketball game at the Potterdome.
“It was an emotional night,” Morton coach Jarrett Brown said. “It’s a really fun event to see the kids raising money for other kids. It’s become a special piece for the event.”

Turks beat Falcons

Tremont beat visiting Flanagan-Cornell, 56-50 in overtime in the Heart of Illinois Conference. Noah Muehlich scored on a late layup and was 6-for-6 on free throws in OT for Tremont (13-7, 7-2). Max Garey scored 15 and Max Bolliger had 11 points for the Turks. Flanagan-Cornell (17-4, 8-2) is No. 9 in the Class 1A state ranks.

Friday’s highlights

BOYS BASKETBALL: Metamora stayed a game out of first in the Mid-Illini with a 62-38 victory at Morton. Bradley recruit Nate Kennell scored 30 and Michael Adams had nine rebounds to pace the Redbirds (16-1, 7-1). … Isaac Guyton got all 15 of his points on 3s and Clint Koehler added 14 points for Dunlap (6-15, 4-4) in a 39-36 win over visiting Pekin in the M-I. Austin Juergens had 20 points for Pekin. … Richwoods defeated visiting Danville 64-63 in overtime in the Big 12. … Normal Community defeated host Notre Dame 40-32 in the Big 12. … Elmwood’s Isaiah Groeper and Knoxville’s Tyler Houston each scored 27 but host Elmwood (14-9, 4-2) built a double-digit lead in the opening quarter on the way to a 64-48 victory in the Prairieland. … Brimfield stayed unbeaten in the Prairieland with a 62-29 win over visiting Bushnell-Prairie City. Jace Swietek scored 18 for Brimfield (20-2, 7-0). … Peoria Heights won its third straight in the Prairieland, 67-59 over visiting Abingdon-Avon. Tanner Doerr scored 20 to lead four in double figures for Heights (9-11, 4-3).

They said it

“It was awesome. It was a great event. I’m so happy with the outcome. I’ve wrestled in a lot of stages in my life and I’ve never wrestled in one like this. I thought the team wrestled great and it was a great atmosphere the whole time. I hope we can do it again some day.” — Washington junior 182-pounder Jacob Warner, on the Dubtown Throwdown wrestling event between the Panthers and Dakota on Friday in the theater at Five Points Washington in front of 1,000 wrestling fans. Warner wrestled up a class and record a 31-second pin in Washington’s 46-9 victory.

Star of the day

Jill Berg, Midwest Central/Delavan, girls basketball: Scored 23 and grabbed her 1,000th career rebound to lead MC to a 55-50 upset over Class 2A No. 8-ranked Athens in the title game at the Rushville-Industry tournament.

Check this out

Notre Dame (7-15) at Richwoods (10-9), boys basketball, 7 p.m.: First meeting of the season between Peoria’s north side neighbors.Lincoln Trail boys basketball tournament, 2 p.m.: Four games scheduled in Williamsfield.